Churn.



v s. H. SANDEFUH.

CHURN.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 26. 1916.

1,2433% Patented 00. 16, 1917.

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INVENTOR ATTORNEY SAMUEL E. SANDEE'UB, 0'5 GHEBELYVALE, KMISAS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented 9st. 16, l il'k.

Application filed El'ay 28, 1916. eerie No. 180,132.

To aZZ whom if'mc'y concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL H. SANDEFUR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cherryvale,in the county of Montgomery and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Churns, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a churn and a prime object is to provide a construction which is sanitary and which especially avoids use of absorbent material or injurious metals which may contact with the cream during the churning operation.

Another object is to provide a construction wherein the container will be resiliently supported so that it will remain in motion a considerable period after it is moved manually against the tension of a resilient supporting means to thus enable the churn ing operation to be practised with the eX- penditure of minimum power and attention.

Further I aim to provide a means which will maintain the cream divided and will force it from the center-of the container during the churninggoperation to give it a greater agitation and agitate the entire mass of cream so as to remove every particle of butter fat.

additional objects, mostly servient to those stated, and involving structural features, will appear hereinafter from the description following in connection with accompanying drawings wherein one preferred embodiment is illustrated.

In said drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation showing my improved churn;

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through the improved churn;

Fig. 3 is a top or plan view, and

Fig. l is a side elevation of the closure member for the churn.

Referring specifically to the drawings, wherein like reference characters designate like or similar parts, 5 designates a container for cream which may be of any suitable shape and which is open at its top and closed by a closure member or cover 6. The

cover 6 has a depending flange 7 which extends interiorly of the container so as to pre vent the escape of the contents to a greater degree and to prevent movement of the closure laterally of the container. This closure may have a knob 8 thereon to facilitate handling and in addition has an inverted cone-shaped separator depending therefrom into the interior of the container 5 and for instance made integral with the closure 6. This inverted cone is shown at 9 and serves as adivider for cream and a means to force the same from the center of the churn toward the wall of the container 5, during the churning operation. I propose to manufacture the container 5 and closure 6 from suitable material which will render'the churning sanitary, and to this end said parts may be made of white enamel ware, porcelain or any other preferred material and the container 5 as shown in Fig. 2 is in the form of a unitary cylindrical member having rounded corners atthe junction of its sides and bottom to facilitate cleaning. By mounting the cone shaped separator or divider on the inner. face of the churn closure, which closure is disposed at one end of the container, and making said divider integral with the closure and. disposing it with its base spaced an appreciable distance from the inner walls of the container when the closure is applied, butter is prevented from collecting at that point; The cone being carried by the closure is removed with the closure and the closuresecuring means being on the outside, the churn may be readily cleansed as there are no crevices or projections found for the accumulation of butter, such as would render the cleaning difiicult and the churn unsanitary.

The churn may rest on a plate or other support 10 made from any suitable material from which rods 11 rise and pass through apertures in a clamp bar 12 extending across the cover 6 and having an undercut recess 13 which receives the knob 8. Above the bar 12, winged nuts 14 may engage the rods or bolts 11 in order to clamp the bar 12- and accordingly the closure 6 securely in place.

Eyelet members 15 are provided on the plate 10 and the bar 12 to'permit fastening of coil springs 16, one of which is also fastened to an eyelet member 17 fastened to a floor and the other of which is secured to an'eyelet member 18 fastened to a ceiling. in this way the churn is resiliently suported from above and from below.

To facilitate handling of the container 5, suitable handles 19 may be provided thereon.

In use, while the container 5 is free and uncovered, the cream may be poured therein and thereafter the closure 6 is placed thereon and in turn bar 12 is positioned as seen in Figs. 1 and 2 with the bolts 11 extending therethrongh and later the nuts 1 are tightly screwed in place on the rods. The;

container may then be manually pushed or moved against the tension of the springs 16 and released so that the springs 16 will agitate the container, churning the cream, with the divider 9 extending thereinto and forcing the same away from the center of the containen and toward its Wall. In this Way, the entire contents of the container are thoroughly agitated and the churn and every particle of butter fat is secured. It requires very little attention and efi'ort to operate the churn and in addition the results are accomplished in a comparatively short period of time.

Since merely the preferred embodiment of the invention has been illustratedand described, it is to be understood that changes in the details may be resorted to Wi hin the spirit and scope of the invention.

1 claim A churn compri ing a container having flogaies of this patent may be obtained ter'five cents each; by addressing' the @omraissioner of Patents,

' Washington, ID. t, 

